"When the moon is in the Seventh House..."

Interesting survey conducted of hospital visits by Peter Austin and colleagues at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto. They found that "Virgos have an increased risk of vomiting during pregnancy, Pisces have an increased risk of heart failure, and Libras have an increased risk of fracturing their pelvises." Looks like the real purpose of the survey was to make this important point:

Austin said he found that even though each astrological sign had its own unique disorders, his initial results were not reproduced when they were explicitly tested in a second population.

"Scientists take pains to make sure their clinical studies are conducted accurately," said Austin. "But sometimes erroneous conclusions will be obtained solely due to chance."

Statistical chance means that 5 percent of the time, scientists will incorrectly conclude that an association exists, when in reality no such association exists in the population that the scientists are studying.

One way to reduce the chances of drawing a wrong conclusion is to try and reproduce unexpected results in further studies.

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